CWRU Falls at #5 Wooster 10-5

Case Western Reserve Athletic News


Apr 25, 2017





Despite taking an early lead and hanging close throughout, the Case Western Reserve University baseball team suffered an 10-5 setback against the fifth-ranked College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio on Tuesday afternoon.The loss dropped the Spartans to 21-15 on the season, while Wooster improved to 25-5 with the victory.CWRU senior left fielder Josh Neal and sophomore third baseman Jacob Kucia each had two of the team's six hits in the game, and freshman first baseman Casey McConihe went one-for-four with a triple and three runs batted in.The Spartans jumped in front of the Scots in the game with a run in the top of the first.  After senior center fielder Aaron Cain led the game off with a hit by pitch, Kucia reached on an infield single, with a throwing error allowing the runners to move to second and third.  With one out in the inning, McConihe plated Cain with a groundout, putting CWRU ahead 1-0.  A leadoff double by Neal and a sacrifice fly from sophomore shortstop Rocco Maue extended the Spartans' lead to 2-0 in the second.The score remained 2-0 until the bottom of the third, when the Scots collected three-straight two-out singles, including two-RBI hit from Michael Wielansky to knot the score.  Wooster took its first lead of the game in the bottom of the fourth, when Jamie Lackner opened the inning with a single, eventually coming around to score on a groundout by Ryan Ostendorf, and added a run later in the inning on a Chandler Dippman run-scoring single.  A two-RBI single for Garrett Crum in the fifth made it a 6-2 lead for the Scots.Case Western Reserve responded in the top of the sixth, with Kucia starting the frame by reaching on a hit by pitch and senior right fielder Tony Damiano drawing a walk to put two on ...

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